I have no idea about his stance on abortion, but I'd say that a large volume of the writing that has gone into Dr. Who since the start of Smith's run has certainly made me think many of those penning it are patronizing assholes...at least in regards to how they treat the viewers.

I think Clara looked pretty darn cute in tonight's episode. Just sayin'.

I don't hate Clara, in fact, I actually like her this series. Didn't, so much, in the last one. I don't blame her for reacting the way she has been lately, this Doctor is a bit of a bastard. I love him. Also, Capaldi sneaked a wee Tom Baker impression in during an early scene of The Doctor talking to himself. Despite my non-hating of Clara, I am glad this episode was more Doctor/Capaldi heavy.

I actually enjoyed this one. The opening scenes between The Doctor and Clara gave me whiplash after last week, but I appreciated their dynamic this time around. Interesting set-up, decent enough mystery, good production value. And while I would by no means call this episode scientifically watertight, it didn't spit in my face and take my lunch money like Kill the Moon. Not a classic but a solid story. Best of series 8 so far, I think.

I don't know. If you've really hit a wall with Doctor Who, you might want to give it a bit of a break. Otherwise, you might end up hate-watching the show, which is never a good thing.

But overall, I agree with everyone else: this was a pretty good episode. Although I do wish they would stop teasing us with characters who I think would make much more interesting Companions than Clara.

Best episode of the season so far.

I'm super tired so I'm not going to go into detailed reasons why, but I will say that the episode was entertaining and densely packed. I felt like I saw a lot of great material and thought the time had flown by because it was so fun...then realized it was only half-way through the episode. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire 2nd half, too.

Just a super fun episode without the nonsense that's been so frustrating lately.

Oh, also...

I just realized I have absolutely zero desire to catch-up/watch this season anymore. Not in the like, angry, fuck it sort of way, I just have absolutely no desire, it has fallen off the plate of things I care about.

Wow... this season has actually managed to legitimately kill Doctor Who for me. That's...kinda impressive really.

So this episode was set in Bristol yet the Tardis crossed over to some bizarre other world where *everyone* has an over the top stereotype accent and the city doesn't have a reputation for supporting graffiti artists.

I quite enjoyed it. All the puns hit perfectly, the gags were genuinely funny, and the vfx were top notch. The story wasn't all bad either

Whilst I did enjoy the Flatline it did feel like a retread of things we've seen before right down to the Doctor telling Clara "oh yeah at this part of the story you need to stand out as the leader" and ending it by questioning if the right people lived.

I didn't find it craptastic, but it sure as hell wasn't a story worth telling. Which is sad, as I had high hopes after the trailer. Oh well, not the first time, certainly not the last.

Looking forward to the finale, though.

Well...yeah that was bad.

More so it was just bland, filled with the (still) pathetic "romance" of Clara/Danny, and sort of pointless. It reminded me of Super 8, actually, in that the characters in the story really didn't have ANY impact at all on the actual plot. They were there and we followed them during the event, but they really they had nothing to do with it and no effect on it...which is not good storytelling and why it left me (and others, apparently) with the thought "what was the point of the last hour?"

The science stuff continues to just flat out suck. It's just LAZY. I feel like many of these writers let all this bullshit about "good storytelling over continuity" stretch to basically anything. Ironically, they take it so far that it ends up circling back around and drastically hurting the storytelling. *facepalm*

The finale seems interesting based on the teaser, but the fact that Moffat wrote it makes me think it will end up being terrible, because he's terrible a vast majority of the time at this point.

However! This seems like the goodbye of Clara, however they end up handling it. So at least series 9 will likely start with a fresh arc for Capaldi. I knew from the beginning that holding on to Clara meant that we would probably drag down this season for a number of reasons...but Capaldi seems quite adept and a new arc from scratch (which is what I wanted since Smith retired) could be what is needed to refocus...and FFS I hope they figure out that totally nonsensical absurd bullshit science is not an acceptable means to an end.

Uh, I mean...I don't think they handled the idea that the girl was traumatized all that well, but I'm not sure how the idea of the girl receiving medication for a trauma in of by itself is offensive. Medication for mental illness, both short and long term, is a totally legitimate option if the situation calls for it.

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